Everyone needs to have rules they live their life by. It doesn't really matter what they are, so long as you yourself find them to be acceptable. Some people, for lack of creativity, simply accept the rules of conventional society and move along their merry way never bothering with the lack of fairness in some of those rules.
Now I could have started off talking about how everyone needs laws, but I don't honestly think everyone does. Some people need laws because they would otherwise be unable to determine proper, civilised behavior. Everything one everyone wanted from law could be solved if everyone just followed the old and tested golden rule, but neither I nor any other sane person would even attempt to say that everyone could live by any single rule no matter what precious metal it were made from.
All of this having been said, I'd like to share some of my personal life rules with you all. Some of these are straight forward and others take some interpretation.
1. There is an exception to every rule.
2. Some rules have no exceptions.
3. When going out on a dinner and movie date, go to the movie first.
4. Avoid universal qualifiers (all, every, etc.) and negators (never, none, etc.)
5. Don't dive in unless you know how deep the water is. Jumping in feet first is acceptable.
6. If you've spent the last 5 hours trying to find the answer to a problem then it's probably time to go to sleep and worry about it in the morning.
7. Blowing something up is not the same as fixing it.
8. Beating your head against a wall doesn't solve anything unless your problem is not having bruises on your head.
9. Everything is true, nothing is sacred. Nothing is true, everything is sacred. (stolen from Robert Anton Wilson)
10. When sober, always do what you said you would when you were drunk. It will teach you to keep your mouth shut. (Also stolen, from Hemingway I believe)
11. Even if you hate them, courtesy should be extended to all people. If they snub that then all bets are off.
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I've got a few new rules:
12. Always wear a rubber, because if she tells you that she's on the pill, then she's probably lying.
13. If you really dislike someone, it's best to just keep your mouth shut and avoid them.
14. If you have a bad feeling about someone, listen to it.
I hate contradictions
James, I have a bad feeling about someone...but I'm not sure you want to hear it...
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